List of political parties in Palestine

This is a List of political parties in Palestine.

Legislative Council members

Party Abbr. Flag Founded Leader Political position Legislative
Council
Hamas
حماس
Hamas Emblem Flag White Variant with Colored Emblem.svg 1987 Khaled Mashal Khaled Meshaal 01 (cropped).jpg Right-wing
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Fatah
فتح
Fatah Flag Vector Graphic.svg 1965 Mahmoud Abbas Mahmoud Abbas May 2018.jpg Centre-left
to left-wing
45 / 132
PFLP 1967 Ahmad Sa'adat Far-left
3 / 132
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  • Third Way
  • Arabic: الطريق الثالث
  • aṭ-Ṭarīq ath-Thālith
2005 Salam Fayyad Salam Fayyad (cropped).jpg Left-wing[1]
(Liberalism)[1]
2 / 132
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PNI 2002 Mustafa Barghouti Mustafa barghouthi (cropped).jpg Left-wing
2 / 132
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DFLP Flag of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine.svg 1968 Nayef Hawatmeh Nayef Hawatmeh 2017 (cropped).jpg Far-left
1 / 132
PPP 1982 Bassam as-Salhi Far-left
1 / 132
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Independent N/A
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Unrepresented parties

Party Abbr. Flag Founded Political position Founder
  • Liberty
  • Arabic: الحرية
  • al-Huriyatu
2005 Centre-left Marwan Barghouti Marwan Barghouti.jpg
ALF 1969 Right-wing[a] Rakad Salem
As-Sa'iqa
الصاعقة
Flag of the Ba'ath Party.svg 1966 Far-left[b] Farhan Abu Hayja
PLF 1959 Wasel Abu Yousef
PLF (ANAW) 1983 Abu Nidal Ashqar
PLF (AFGW) 1983 Abd ul-Fattah Ghanim
PAF 1993 Left-wing Jameel Shihadeh
FIDA 1990 Left-wing Saleh Ra'fat
PCP Palestinian Communist Party Flag.svg 1991 Far-left Mahmoud Sa'adeh
PPSF 1967 Left-wing Ahmed Majdalani
PPSF (KAM) 1991 Left-wing Khalid ʽAbd al-Majid
PFLP-GC 1968 Left-wing[c] Ahmed Jibril
RDPP 2019
RPCP 1982 Far-left Arabi Awwad
Wa'ad 2004 Left-wing Eyad El-Sarraj
PJP 2005 Usâma Salîm Muhammad
Fatah al-Yasir 2007 Right-wing Khalid Abu-Hilal
PMM 2001 Right-wing Asaad Abu Sharia

Alliances

Party Founded Political position Status
1993 Big tent Active
Palestinian National and Islamic Forces 2000 Big tent Active
2005 Left-wing Defunct
2006 Left-wing Defunct
2005 Left-wing Defunct
1980s Left-wing Defunct
2016 Left-wing Defunct
Freedom and Social Justice 2006 Left-wing Defunct
2005 Center-left Defunct
1983 Left-wing Defunct
1985 Left-wing Defunct
2005 Right-wing Defunct
1974 Left-wing Defunct
Sons of the Land (Beit Jala) 2005 Left-wing Defunct
1989 Left-wing Active
United Beit Jala 2005 Left-wing Defunct
2005 Left-wing Defunct
2005 Right-wing Defunct

Defunct parties

Party Founded Political position Founder
  • Al-Mustaqbal
  • المستقبل
  • The Future
2005 Centre-left
to Left-wing
Marwan Barghouti Marwan Barghouti.jpg
  • National Bloc
  • الكتلة الوطنية
  • al-Kutla al-Wataniyya
1935 Right-wing Abd al-Latif Salah
1932 Right-wing Yaqub al-Ghusayn
1935 Left-wing Hussein Khalidi
1930 Centre Fahmi al-Husseini
1935 Right-wing Jamal al-Husayni
1934 Centre Raghib al-Nashashibi
1932 Right-wing Izzat Darwaza
1969 Left-wing
1977 Centre-left
to left-wing
Naji Alush
1982 Far-left
1964 Far-left
  • Muhammad Fayyad
  • Ibrahim Khraysha
1978 Far-left
1968 Big tent Hassan Sabarini (Abohelmi)
1983 Far-left
1969 Far-left
1972 Far-left
1922 Far-left
1943 Far-left
  • Palestine Communist Party
  • Yiddish: פאלעסטינישע קומוניסטישע פארטיי
  • Palestinische Komunistische Partei
  • Arabic: الحزب الشيوعي الفلسطيني
1923 Far-left
1922 Far-left
1930s Far-left
1919 Far-left

Notes

  1. Due to its affiliation with Saddamism
  2. Due to its association with the Ba'ath Party (Syrian-dominated faction)
  3. Still considers itself nominally socialist

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Jamal, Manal A. (2013). "Beyond Fateh Corruption and Mass Discontent: Hamas, the Palestinian Left and the 2006 Legislative Elections". British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 40 (3): 273–294. doi:10.1080/13530194.2013.791135.